Bridge the Divide! Vote Independent (No Party Preference)! Vote Stein!
I’m running for Congress as an Independent so that I can look myself in the mirror and know that I tried to do my little part to fix America, to bridge our country’s partisan divide, the divide between politicians who have lost touch with us and who no longer talk sense to each other, nor to us, the divide between left and right, the divide between Democrats and Republicans, the divide between red and blue, to bridge the divide that is slowly, surely eating away at our country.
Let’s work together to change America’s trajectory. But let’s also recognize that we are part of the problem. Repeatedly, we vote for the same two billionaire-financed parties and their I’ll-do-anything-to-get-elected candidates. I am offering you an opportunity to change that!
One (of many) ways we can start healing our country is to elect Independents (called, “No Party Preference” in California). Independents who will look out for you and me more than for the special interests, will look out for us more than they look out for their parties and the big money players who finance them. Right now, there’s 535 people in Congress, but only one (or two depending on how you count them) Independents and they’re not in the House of Representatives. That’s no way to bridge the partisan divide in a nation I fundamentally believe is overflowing with reasonable citizens.
I pledge to you that I’ll work with all, for you and us, but remain staunchly Independent. If I don’t, throw me out of office.
Who better to stand up for “we the people” of Silicon Valley, “we the people” of the Coastside, “we the people” of America, than me? One of the best things I’ve got going for you is that my life doesn’t depend on me getting elected. Yes, I 100% want you to vote for me. Yes, I 100% want to win to do my little part to fix America. But, if I lose the election, I will do just fine. After all, I am lucky enough to live near the ocean. This means, I don’t have to kowtow to any party or special interest group.
I know Silicon Valley very well, while still having a lot to learn too! I’ve spent 25+ years as a lawyer in Silicon Valley representing employees, entrepreneurs and executives (and lots of others) to make sure they don’t get taken advantage of. I’ve even written a book on the subject called, “Negotiate Like a CEO: How to Get Ahead With Lessons Learned From Top Entrepreneurs and Executives.” You can get it on Amazon (any profits I earn from the book during the campaign will be donated to charity). I’ve spent a career negotiating, a career fighting for individuals, a career compromising, and yes, sometimes conceding for the greater good. In a healthy democracy, negotiating and compromise are necessary. In the old days, there was even a Senator knows as, “The Great Compromiser.”
I also spent 5+ years as a Board member of Coastside Hope, one of San Mateo County’s eight core public service agencies, a non-profit providing food, rental assistance, support to the neighbors in my community. Neighbors helping neighbors.
When I’m not caring for people, I care for our environment. I’ve dug up lots of invasive plants over the years for Coastside Land Trust (the Coastside’s version of the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST)), an organization I’ve supported for years.
I have a Stanford law degree. I know the statistics. I know it’s super hard to win as an Independent. In fact, it’s basically impossible for me to win unless somehow I can get you to think outside the proverbial box, to consider an underfunded, outmanned, sort-of-ugly candidate more than a candidate of one of the two established parties. But I’m trying.
How often do I hear, “something needs to be done?” I’m running as an Independent because that’s what we need, no matter how hard the road.
I can’t fix our country all by myself and I won’t tell you otherwise. I am the beginning, not the end. To fix our nation’s divide, it will take many Independents getting elected, it will take many changes to our laws and ultimately it will take “we the people” engaging more, voting more, working more consistently to bridge the divides in our communities.
We in Silicon Valley are leaders. We are early adopters. This election, let’s start bridging the divide. Vote Independent (No Party Preference). Vote Stein in the June 2, 2026 primary. Thank you.
No More Gerrymandering Term Limits for Congress Campaign Finance Reform Reigning in Special Interest Lobbyists Restoring Honor to the Supreme Court You think it’s tough to run as an Independent as I am doing!?! You think it’s tough to swear off PAC money and special interest endorsements, as I have!?! You think it’s tough to have people say that I’m not a legitimate candidate because I haven’t raised a lot of money!?! Yes it is! Yes to all of the above, although what raising large gobs of money has to do with being a good Congressman I have no idea. Now think next level tough. Think how hard it is to amend our United States Constitution. But, unfortunately, that’s what “we the people” need to do to start down the long road to protecting and restoring our nation’s healthy democracy. I’m not going to mislead you – It’s going to be tough to amend our Constitution. Of course, all those in power, on both sides of the aisle, want to stay in power. All the billionaires financing politicians want to keep things the way they are. All the special interest lobbyists think that their special interest is more important than anything else. Our nation’s difficulties are going to take time to fix. The road will be long – I’m not going to tell you otherwise. However, our democracy is not getting better if “we the people” stand aside. It’s not going to happen if “we the people” don’t take responsibility for the past, for the divisions in our country now, and start to work together on solutions for the future, for our children, their children and their children’s children. Following are five Constitutional Amendments I believe will start us down the road to strengthening our democracy. But before I tell you what they are, I also want to make clear that as an Independent, I will work with others to revise and fine tune my proposals, as long as the end result is strengthening our country. Here are my proposals: Constitutional Amendment to End Gerrymandering: Gerrymandering America, dividing it up between Democrats and Republicans is wrong. We need a Constitutional Amendment to end gerrymandering. In my first two weeks in office, I will propose to Congress a Constitutional Amendment requiring all Congressional districts in the country to be drawn up by a non-partisan computer program or by independent citizens commissions. Constitutional Amendment for Congressional Term Limits: Politicians on both sides of the aisle will pretty much do anything to get elected and stay in office. And they stay and stay and stay, professional politicians, who are great at getting elected, but many of whom have no idea how to work hard and make a living like all of us. We need term limits for Senators and Congressman, just as we have them in California and for the President. In my first two weeks in office, I will propose to Congress a Constitutional Amendment to limit Senators to two terms (12 years) and Congressmen to 5 terms (10 years). That’s enough. After that, they should go back to their communities and get a real job. Constitutional Amendment for Campaign Finance Reform: In the last (2024) U.S. federal election cycle, 100 billionaire families spent a record-breaking $2.6 billion on political campaigns. In other words, 1 of every 6 dollars spent by all the federal candidates, parties, and committees in 2024 was spent by 100 billionaire families. Are these billionaires and their super rich friends buying influence? Of course, they are. It’s eating away at our democracy. The tragedy of all this campaign spending is that the campaign finance law we used to have before the Supreme Court ruined it was a bi-partisan law named for a relatively conservative Republican Senator from the Southwest (who ran for President as the Republican nominee) and his Senate compatriot, a relatively liberal Midwest Democrat. We need a Constitutional Amendment to get the big money out of politics, to protect our democracy for all of us. In my first two weeks in office, I will propose to Congress a Constitutional Amendment to get the money out of politics, to reform our campaign finance laws for federal elections. Constitutional Amendment to Keep Special Interest Groups at Bay: Special Interest groups – on all sides of the political spectrum – are eating away at America because they’ll do anything to advance their one special-interest issue, not caring about who we are as Americans, what we need for the greater good of America. Special interest groups lobby, they isolate, they speak ill of others, they don’t compromise, they sow dissention, they believe they are righter than others around them. We need a Constitutional Amendment to reign in lobbyists. In my first two weeks in office, I will propose to Congress a Constitutional Amendment prohibiting professional lobbyists from appearing within one square mile of our nation’s capital building while Congress is in session. Constitutional Amendment to Restore the Supreme Court to a Place of Honor: Unfortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court has turned into nothing more than a group of political hacks. 6 conservative Republican hacks. Three liberal Democratic hacks. They take money from benefactors. They make money on the side. There is no law that ensures they are ethical. Obviously, conservatives like what they’ve got now, but repeated religiously conservative 6-3 Supreme Court decisions are not good for America, any more than repeated religiously liberal 6-3 decisions would be. Intolerance on the left is just as bad as intolerance on the right. We need a constitutional amendment to ensure that Supreme Court Justices are judges who interpret the law, not political hacks, to restore the Supreme Court to a place of honor in our minds and hearts. In my first two weeks in office, I will propose to Congress a Constitutional Amendment to limit Supreme Court Justices to one 15 year term, to prohibit Supreme Court Justices from earning outside income or taking gifts from non-family members, to impose strict ethical obligations, and to increase the size of the Supreme Court to 18 Justices with cases being heard by a randomly chosen nine Justices, and requiring at least six Justices to be Independents. *** Bridge the Divide! Vote Independent (No Party Preference)! Vote Stein!
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